CVE-2022-21560 Denial of service in WebLogic Server

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a partial denial of service on Oracle WebLogic Server via network access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-21560?

CVE-2022-21560 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Weblogic Server, published on 19 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3, IIOP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21560?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Weblogic Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21560?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21560 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-21560 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21560 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Weblogic Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vx4v-vq57-3rqh.

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